If you’re getting too little sleep, you may also be getting diabetes. People at risk of diabetes tend to get too little sleep. They also tend to exercise too little and eat unhealthy Western diets. Is poor sleep really a diabetes risk factor?
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Victoza Type 2 Diabetes Injection Approved By EU
This month the EU (European Union) have given Novo Nordisk approval to market their latest Diabetes Management tool for persons with Diabetes throughout all the 27 member states. Victoza® is the brand name approved in Europe for liraglutide, the first once-daily human Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The [...]
Poorest at risk of worst diabetes
he poorest people in the UK are more than twice as likely to have diabetes at any age than the average person, a charity has warned
Insulin glargine – European Medicines Agency update on safety
The European Medicines Agency have issued an update with regards to the Lantus Insulin Glargine cancer scare.
Researchers to implant pig cells in diabetics
A New Zealand biotech company began a trial Thursday that will implant cells from newborn pigs into eight human volunteers as an experimental treatment for their diabetes.
Stem cell research progress
Researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have discovered that a specific gene – Sox17 – plays an important role in directing cells to become part of the pancreas or part of the bile duct (used in the digestion of food).
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